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Aberdeen City Music School and Paragon Ensemble
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Following a series of workshops with John Maxwell Geddes, the Paragon Ensemble will perform works by 6 young composers from the Aberdeen City Music School.'Part of Sound 2008'.
9 Nov 5.00 The Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen
Aberdeen Sinfonietta
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A programme of Mozart works from this local ensemble. Conducted by David Jones with pianist Mikhail Kazakevich.
2 Nov 7.30 Music Hall, Aberdeen
Aberdeen Singing Chorus
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The Chorus present 'The Sound of Scotland'.
26 Nov 7.30 Music Hall, Aberdeen
Aberdeen Winter Festival Christmas Carols Concert
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Sing along to your favourite carols.
20 Dec 4.00–6.00 David Welch Winter Gardens, Aberdeen
Acoustic Afternoons
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Unwind with some fine acoustic music from various local acts.
19 Oct, 23 Nov, 7 Dec 2.00–4.30 Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine
Alba String Quartet
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Young up-and-coming Scotland based string quartet entertain under the auspices of Dunfermline Arts Guild.
9 Nov 7.30 Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Aleksander Kudajcyk
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The young graduate of Poland's Akademia Muzyczna performs a selection of works, including some by Chopin.
15 Oct 7.30 Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley
Auer String Quartet
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The internationally acclaimed Hungarian ensemble play quartets by Haydn, Bartok and Brahms, as well as Liszt's arrangement of his own 'Angelus'. *Part of Milngavie Music Club's 2008-9 season'.
10 Oct 7.30 Cairns Church, Milngavie
Autumn Tapestry - A Musical Entertainment for Harps and Voice
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Acclaimed Northumbrian harpist and singer Janet Bennet will appear alongside the Solway Harps in a varied programme of Celtic traditional songs and classical favourites.
26 Oct 7.30 Cairndale Hotel, Dumfries
Ballads, Myths and Legends
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Pianist Simon Lepper performs alongside baritone Stephen Loges, soprano Katherine Broderick and mezzo Anna Stephany. 'Part of Schubertiad '08'.
11 Oct 7.30 Perth Concert Hall, Perth
Band of H M Royal Marines Scotland - Concert Season
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Ever-popular music season returns with a full spectrum of music ranging from popular classics from the big band era to challenging contemporary works.
9 Oct, 13 Nov, 22 Jan, 12 Feb, 5 Mar 7.30 Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
The Band Of Her Majesty's Royal Marines
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A musical extravaganza covering everything from Elvis to opera. Postponed from Sun 14 Sep.
11 Dec 7.30 Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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The orchestra will perform an explicitly romantic programme, including Dvorak's 'The Noonday Witch: Symphonic Poem', Szymanowski's 'violin Concerto No1' and Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite'.
10 Oct 7.30 Perth Concert Hall, Perth
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 1
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The BBC SSO's Glasgow season continues with an evening of musical storytelling, conducted by Stefan Solyom. Dvorák's Symphonic Poem 'The Noonday Witch' is followed by Rimsky-Korsakov's lushly exotic 'Scheherazade'. Violinist Viviane Hagner completes the programme with a performance of Szymanowski's fiendishly difficult 'Violin Concerto No 1'.
10 Oct 7.30 Perth Concert Hall, Perth
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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Distinguished conductor Andrew Litton leads the orchestra through works by Gershwin, Tchaikovsky and Woojun Lee.
24 Oct 7.30 Music Hall, Aberdeen
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 1
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The BBC SSO's Glasgow season continues with an evening of musical storytelling, conducted by Stefan Solyom. Dvorák's Symphonic Poem 'The Noonday Witch' is followed by Rimsky-Korsakov's lushly exotic 'Scheherazade'. Violinist Viviane Hagner completes the programme with a performance of Szymanowski's fiendishly difficult 'Violin Concerto No 1'. Prelude in the Recital Room by BBC SSO cellist Anthony Sayer (6.45pm) and Post-Concert Coda of Viviane Hagner playing JS Bach's 'Chaconne in D minor'.
9 Oct 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Discovering Music
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Writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson discusses Rachmaninov's notorious 'Piano Concerto No 3', commonly held as one of the warhorses of the piano repertoire. Following this is a complete performance of the work by pianist Nelson Goerner, conducted by Stefan Solyom. 'Part of the Russian Winter series'.
2 Dec 2.00 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 1
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Chief Conductor Ilan Volkov conducts a programme to ward off the cold. Stravinsky's playful 'Scènes de Ballet' is followed by Rachmaninov's lushly romantic Piano Concerto No 2, performed by French pianist Louis Lortie, and Stravinsky's 'The Fairy's Kiss: Ballet', an affectionate tribute to his great Russian predecessor, Tchaikosvky. A Pre-Concert Prelude features writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson discussing the different yet parallel worlds of the two featured composers, and in a…
13 Nov 7.00 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 2
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Under the baton of Stefan Solyom, pianist Alexander Melnikov performs two Rachmaninov piano works: the brilliant pyrotechnics of 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' contrasts with the brooding sobriety of 'The Isle of the Dead'. Stravinsky's 'Dumbarton Oaks: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra' and his lavishly colourful ballet 'The Firebird' are also performed. In a Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.15pm Stephen Johnson discusses the diversity of the styles of the two composers, and Melnikov performs…
27 Nov 7.00 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 3
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Conductor Stefan Solyom returns with more music to ward off the winter chill. Pianist Mikhail Rudy performs Rachmaninov's youthfully passionate 'Piano Concerto No 1', with Stravinsky's mini-drama 'The Soldier's Tale' and 'Scherzo à la Russe' also featuring. Stephen Johnson discusses 'The Soldier's Tale' at 6.15pm in a Pre-Concert Prelude, and Rudy gives a short recital in a Post-Concert Coda.
4 Dec 7.00 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 4
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Stravinsky's seminal work, the ballet 'Le Sacre du Printemps ('The Rite of Spring')', caused a riot at its 1913 premiere, and packs no less of a punch today. Here it is performed together with the rarely-heard original version of Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No 4', with outstanding pianist Yevgeny Sudbin. The 6.15pm Pre-Concert Prelude sees a discussion on music and dance in 'Le Sacre', and Sudbin performs more Russian piano works in a Post-Concert Coda.
11 Dec 7.00 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 2
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Finnish conductor John Storgards leads programme steeped in mythology. Sibelius' 'Lemminkainen Legends' are based on the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. Also to be performed are Nielsen's 'Helios Overture', Scottish composer Thea Musgrave's 'Song of the Enchanter', and a performance by Storgards' fellow countryman, Olli Mustonen, of Prokofiev's ever-popular 'Piano Concerto No 3'. At 6.45pm a Pre-Concert Prelude explores Nordic myth in music, and in a Post-Concert Coda Mustonen performs…
22 Jan 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 3
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The BBC SSO's musical storytelling continues, led by award-winning conductor, Michal Dworzynski. Strauss' tone poem 'Death and Transfiguration', depicting the death of an artist, and Prokofiev's famous ballet suite 'Romeo and Juliet' are performed along with Mozart's 'Alma Grande E Nobil Core' and his magnificent 'Exsultate, Jubilate'. With soprano Ailish Tynan. A discussion on 'Romeo and Juliet' takes place at 6.45pm in the Pre-Concert Prelude, and Tynan performs a short recital in the…
19 Mar 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 4
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Mikhail Agrest conducts a performance of Mieczyslaw Karlowicz's passionate Violin Concerto with soloist Tasmin Little, who has recorded the work with the BBC SSO. Visual art is the inspiration for Respighi's 'Trittico Botticelliano' and Mussorgsky's ever-popular 'Pictures at an Exhibition' (orchestrated by Ravel). Glinka's Overture 'A Life for the Tsar' completes the programme. A Pre-Concert Prelude takes place at 6.45pm and in the Post-Concert Coda Tasmin Little performs a short violin recital.
7 May 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 5
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The last concert of the season. Soloist Anne Akiko Meyers begins the concert with a performance of Barber's lyrical Violin Concerto under the baton of Carlo Rizzi. The delicate charm of Ravel's 'Ma Mère l'Oye' contrasts with the full-blooded Romanticism of César Franck's Symphony in D major to finish. A discussion of the past season takes place in the Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and Meyers gives a short recital in the Post-Concert Coda.
21 May 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 2
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American conductor Andrew Litton returns to the BBC SSO, bringing with him fellow American John Mackey's lively and colourful 'Redline Tango' for its UK premiere, and Gershwin's 'Piano Concerto in F', performed by up-and-coming young pianist, Stewart Goodyear. Finally, Litton's particular affinity with Russian music promises a memorable and powerful performance of Tchaikovsky's popular 'Symphony No 4'. Litton discusses Gershwin in a Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and Goodyear performs in a…
23 Oct 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 3
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Conductor Stefan Solyom opens the concert in the Cornwall of Arthurian legend with Bax's Symphonic Poem 'Tintagel'. Eminent French pianist Jean-Philippe Collard performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, and Sibelius' majestic Symphony No 5 brings the evening to a triumphant finish. Solyom discusses storytelling and music with Anthony Sayer in a Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and after the concert Collard performs piano works by Ravel.
5 Feb 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 4
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Chief Conductor-elect Donald Runnicles leads a programme exploring orchestral brilliance. American John Adams' 'Slonimsky's Earbox' is followed by Ravel's 'Concerto for Left Hand', performed by pianist Adam Golka. The concert closes with Berlioz's extroverted and enormously influential 'Symphonie Fantastique'. A Pre-Concert Prelude takes place at 6.45pm, followed by a Post-Concert Coda of Golka performing Chopin's 'Fantasie in F minor'.
19 Feb 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 5
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Ilan Volkov conducts the Scottish premiere of 'Speakings', a major new piece by the BBC SSO's Composer in Association, Jonathan Harvey, renowned for his brilliant and imaginative combinations of electronic and traditional instruments. Also on the programme is Bruckner's Symphony No 9, which he hadn't completed by the time of his death. A Pre-Concert Prelude takes place at 6.45pm, and Harvey's 'Other Presences' is performed in a Post-Concert Coda by Mark O'Keefe.
5 Mar 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 6
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Polish conductor Michal Dworzynski opens the concert with his countryman Karlowicz's romantic Symphonic Prologue from 'Music for the White Dove', followed by a performance of Dvorak's popular Cello Concerto in B minor by one of BBC Radio 3's 'New Generation Artists', Danjulo Ishizaki. Beethoven's great Fifth Symphony completes the programme. Ishizaki discusses Dvorák's Cello Concerto in the Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and performs a Bach's 'Cello Suite No 1 in G major' in the Post-Concert…
23 Apr 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
Beethoven & Brahms
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Pianist Samantha Ward performs Beethoven's 'Bagatelles, Op 126' and Brahms' 'Sonata No 2 in F sharp minor'.
7 Oct 1.15 Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
Brass Quintet from RSAMD
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The quintet will perform a wide range of traditional and contemporary music. 'Part of Classic Music Live! Falkirk'.
10 Oct 12.30 Falkirk Old & St Modan's, Falkirk
10 Oct 7.30 Falkirk Town Hall, Falkirk
Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich
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The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 1 in C major, No 2 in A major and No 3 in F major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
4 Apr 11.00am City Halls, Glasgow
Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich
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The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 4 in D major, No 5 in B flat major and No 6 in G major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
4 Apr 3.00 City Halls, Glasgow
Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich
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The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 7 in F sharp minor, No 8 in C minor and No 9 in E flat major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
4 Apr 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich
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The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 11 in F minor, No 12 in D flat major, No 13 in B flat minor and No 14 in F sharp major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
5 Apr 3.00 City Halls, Glasgow
Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich
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The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 10 in A flat major and No 15 in E flat minor. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
5 Apr 7.30 City Halls, Glasgow
Casta Divas with Lev Atlas & Stephen Adam
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The critically acclaimed Casta Divas perform a programme of vocal works with Russian violinist Lev Atlas and pianist Stephen Adam.
18 Oct 8.00 Adelaide's, Glasgow
Celebrate Linlithgow
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Third annual celebration of all Linlithgow with arts events, music, theatre, workshops and markets.
17 Oct–2 Nov (Times vary) Various Venues, Linlithgow
Children's Carols at Crathes Castle
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A carol concert especially for children - be prepared to join in and sing along! Ages 5-12; children must be accompanied.
12 Dec 7.00 Crathes Castle, Banchory
Children's Classic Concerts: Time Travellers
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Adventure through a musical time vortex with Alasdair Malloy.
25 Oct 3.00 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium, Glasgow
26 Oct 3.00 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Chilled Flute
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Flautist Siobhan Daly performs a selection of works from the past hundred years, accompanied on the piano by Judith Keaney.
21 Oct 1.15 Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
Classic Music Live! Falkirk
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A series of evening and lunchtime classical concerts with top notch UK and international performers.
Fridays (Times vary) Various Venues, Falkirk
Classical Chamber Concert
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An evening with acclaimed local harp virtuoso Savourna Stevenson, with contributions from Broughton Junior Choir and the Peebles High School Saxophone Quartet.'Part of Biggar Little Festival'.
26 Oct 7.30 Village Hall, Biggar
A Concert, A Cocktail and A Canapé
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Peter Cynfryn Jones conducts a programme of Britten's 'Prelude and Fugue', a new work by Alan McDiarmid, Vaughan Williams' 'Oboe Concerto' with soloist Rosemary Staniforth and Bridge's 'Suite for String Orchestra'. Doors open at 5.15pm.
13 Oct 6.15 Òran Mór, Glasgow
A Concert, A Cocktail and a Canapé
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A performance of Finzi's 'Romance' and Arnold's 'Guitar Concerto' with talented young soloist Ian Watt, a finalist of the BBC's 'Classical Star'. Also to be performed are John Ireland's 'Cavatina' with soloist Justine Watts and Delius' 'Air and Dance'. Doors open at 5.15pm.
27 Oct 6.15 Òran Mór, Glasgow
A Concert, A Cocktail and a Canapé
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Les Sirens, the all-female chamber choir from the RSAMD, perform a programme of works by Poulenc, Bennett and Rutter. With director Andrew Nunn. Doors open at 5.15pm.
3 Nov 6.15 Òran Mór, Glasgow
The Curve Foundation with The Scottish Flute Trio
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The Scottish Flute Trio collaborates with Curve Foundation Dance Company, featuring choreography for a newly commissioned piece by David Fennessy.
31 Oct 7.00 The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Daniel Grimwood
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Grimwood delivers a breathtaking performance of works by Franz Liszt.
5 Dec 7.45–10.00 Mugdock Country Park, Glasgow
Daniel Harding with the Staatskapelle Dresden
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A protégé of Simon Rattle and Claudio Abbado, English conductor Daniel Harding has an impressive musical lineage. Here he conducts one of the world's oldest orchestras in an all-Schumann programme including 'Overture to Genoveva' and his ' Symphony No 2'. The taxing 'Violin Concerto in D minor' will exhibit the considerable talents of guest soloist Renaud Capuçon.
16 Jun 7.30 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow

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